Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-03
REGER's TESTIMONY.
Reper testified as follows:


REGER's TESTIMONY.
Roger testified as follows:
Mr.. Faris, of the Iatelhgencer, told me /
was accused by Senator Dawson of pur
chasing the vote of A. G.. Minear. told
MCGraw that money couldn't get the copy
of the letter. l thought there was sutti-
Cient in that letter to put the Democratic
party on the lookout for one they could get.
/ decline to answer my object in taking the
letter To Mr. McGraw."
QuestiOn.-"Was it your object to obtain
money!"
o. Answer decline to answer. | decline
to answer upon the grounds that this is an
investigating committee for the purpose
of investigating certain charges OF
bribery here in the Senatorial matter and
has nothing to do with any Of my private
transactions or communications that l
made to others or business that had with
other persons. There was no one present
when first took q copy of the letter to
McGraw, ~ now remember. l let him
have it and he returned it in an nOur. He
asked NE where got it. Idecline to ans
wer what | told him, rs it has nothing TO
do with the bribery question. He asked
me if | could get the original. have
nothing 10 add TO my statement OF Satur-
day about that. | want To read my testi-
Inony first 1 decline to answer rs TO my
private matters connected with the letter.
Ii is "A private matter Of my own and an
other party. Mr.. Minear nor Mr.. Camden
had
NOTHING IN THE WORLD TO DO WITH 1T,
and know nothing about il. Mr.. Minear's
wife was not q party to the transaction,
nor Mr.. Camden"
QuestiOn-"Was Mr.. McGraw party to
II in any way?"
Auswer-'I decline to answer. Mr..
Camden is not in any way connected with
it, don't remember that | ever spOke to
Minear about having gotten the letter, and
of returning it To his wife. | don't re-
member speaking about it to his
wife afterwards. | did not give
nr promise one cent to Mrs.
Minear of the compensation l was to re-
ceiye. / took the letter out of Senator
Minear's secretary, and told his wife | was
going to take it. She said | must not
take it; that it would not do TO allow Mr..
Minear's private papers to be made public.
told her | thought the letter should be
given to the public and that Mr.. Minear's
name should not be used in connection
with it. / told her would leave out that
portion which referred to that district
being stolen. told Mrs. MInear would
make money by getting the letter.
Il decline to, answer how much; that was
one of the arguments used to get the
letter. am not positive that she consent
ed to it, but took the letter. She did not
ask to receive any part Of the cOmpensa-
tion. Twas to receive my expenses and an
annual pass over the B. 4 D. road for the
original. make from ten to twelve trips
. year 10 Baltimore. / did not see Mr..
Minear from the time the letter was pur-
lOined by me until arrived ut Charleston
February Is There never was q word said
between Minear and myself about that
letter in o moneyed sense. never prom
ised to give him \ cent on account of it. |
never spoke to him about the letter until
Saturday.
Mr.. MINEAR WAS WONDERING
where the Democrats got the letter. SEQ
field also talked to me about the letter.
don't think MineaT made any remarks to
me about receiving letter of the kind. l
don't know that Mrs. Minear received the
letter back. sent an envelope TO Sen
atOr CLmden addressed to Mrs. Mnear,
and requested him to return the letter to
Mrs. Minear. 1t was onlT my opinion
that he had It, III had been q candidate
for U. s Senator and there was such let
ter in existence would like to have it in
my possession. Senator Cumberland Mr..
MeGraw were together when delivered it.
decline TO say who the members
were whose votes had contracted
for. They were members Of the House.
/ did not tell Minear before the last day OF
the session that these three were likely to
vote for Camden; never told anyone ex-
cept the parties / was dealing with. |
never saw any Of those three going in or
coming out Of Camden's room. L don't
remember Of seeing Minear talking to
them.
II never heard until noon Of the last day
Of the session that those men could be pre-
vailed upon to vote for Camden"
QueStiOn-''Hadn't you frequently he
fore that talked to them about voting for
Camden
Answer decline 10 answer"
Qnestion-'Whatd do you mean then By
never heard Of it until Friday 90
Answer--'That they could be im-
properly induce5 - vote for Senator